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☆ 'SNL' cast member Chloe Fineman says Elon Musk made her cry when he hosted the show
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Saturday Night Live” cast member Chloe Fineman appeared to solve a mystery Monday about which recent “SNL” host made someone cry: She said that the host was tech billionaire Elon Musk and that she was the one in tears. In August, fellow cast member Bowen Yang said on a podcast that a male “SNL” host made multiple cast members cry because the host hated their ideas for sketches. “I’m gonna come out and say, at long last, that I’m the cast member that he made cry and he’s the host that made someone cry,” she said in the video. Musk didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment late Monday about Fineman’s video. Fineman didn’t say which sketch it was, but she said it made it onto the show and turned out well.

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☆ A TikTok creator doubled her income with a 50-part post about her husband. She keeps her day job for stability.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tareasa M. Johnson, known as "Reesa Teesa," went viral with the TikTok series, "Who TF Did I Marry." Johnson told BI she makes more than double her salary from content creation, but kept her old job. Related VideoThe series and her ongoing content creation now account for "about 70%" of her income, Johnson told Business Insider. AdvertisementNatasha Rothwell is developing a TV series based on Johnson's TikTok series for ABC. AdvertisementJohnson said she would only leave her job for another full-time, stable position — never content creation, which can be volatile and time-consuming.

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☆ 'The Apprentice' director shares the challenges of making a Donald Trump movie despite receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the former president
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Ali Abbasi's film 'The Apprentice' faced backlash from Donald Trump after its Cannes debut. Advertisement"The filmmakers now readily admit they fabricated scenes and created fake stories to fit some deranged narrative about President Trump that is completely untrue," Trump communications director Steven Cheung said Friday. Do a Donald Trump movie!" But frankly, my motivation was that it is not a Donald Trump movie. Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump and Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in "The Apprentice."

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☆ Blake Lively and her 'It Ends With Us' director Justin Baldoni are rumored to have fallen out — and fans can't stop talking about it
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Here's everything we know about the rumored falling out between Baldoni and Lively — and how Ryan Reynolds might factor in. Blake Lively with Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Tammy Reynolds, and Brandon Sklenar at the New York premiere of"It Ends With Us." While speaking to Entertainment Tonight on the carpet at the New York premiere, Baldoni explained why he was stepping back from the limelight. Lively and Baldoni clashed during filming, according to sources close to productionBlake Lively and Justin Baldoni filming a scene from "It Ends With Us" in May 2023. Representatives for Baldoni, Lively, Reynolds, and Hoover did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ Jude Law and Alicia Vikander Talk Smells, Sex Scenes in 'Firebrand'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

AdvertisementIn a joint interview, the two discuss what it was like making "Firebrand," from working with Law's decaying-body perfume to the movie's unexpectedly "hilarious" sex scenes. Jude Law and Alicia Vikander in "Firebrand." Jude: I use it quite a lot because, as Alicia said, it's a really good way of... You've got to step into these characters every day. There are a lot of frankly kind of gross sex scenes that really drive home just the unbalanced, fraught nature of Henry and Katherine's relationship. Jude Law and Alicia Vikander in "Firebrand."

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☆ Whoopi Goldberg revealed what one 'Sister Act' star did after her mother died
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewWhoopi Goldberg revealed that her "Sister Act" costar, Maggie Smith, consoled her after she learned of her mom, Emma Johnson's, death in 2010. Goldberg recalled the touching moment in her new memoir " Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me ," released Tuesday. AdvertisementMaggie Smith as Mother Superior and Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier in "Sister Act." "I explained to Maggie Smith what was going on and apologized for having to fly home as soon as I could. "That's when this magnificent woman, Dame Maggie Smith, went from being my backstage company to being my friend through the rest of the night," she said.

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☆ 'Mean Girls' remake re-edited to remove crude joke about Lindsay Lohan from digital release
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The "Mean Girls" remake has been re-edited to remove a joke about Lindsay Lohan from some digital versions. AdvertisementA line from the "Mean Girls" 2024 remake has been removed from new digital streaming versions of the movie after Lindsay Lohan took offense to it. AdvertisementAs Business Insider previously reported, in the theatrical version "Mean Girls," Megan Thee Stallion — playing herself — appears in a social media montage. Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay Lohan in "Mean Girls."

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☆ SAG-AFTRA says studios’ latest offer falls short of union’s AI demands
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 31: Rebecca Damon joins SAG-AFTRA members on strike during Halloween on October 31, 2023 in New York City. The strike, which began on July 14, entered its 100th day on October 21st as the actors' union and Hollywood studios and streamers failed to reach an agreement. (Photo by John Nacion/Getty Images)SAG-AFTRA actors aren't totally on board with Hollywood studios' latest labor agreement pitch. Studios put forth this "last, best and final offer" over the weekend, with top executives making clear that they would not make further concessions. Later in the month, talks resumed again, but so far, SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have been unable to reach a deal.

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☆ ‘We lost control of who we were.’ Why Phillip Lim’s return to fashion matters
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

(CNN) — The tears were flowing backstage at Phillip Lim’s latest runway show, as the fashion designer made has return to the New York Fashion Week last month after four years away. CNN: Did planning your return to New York Fashion Week take you back to when you launched 3.1 Phillip Lim in the first place? Models pose during the presentation of 3.1 Phillip Lim's Fall-Winter 2006 collection at New York Fashion Week on February 4, 2006. JP Yim/WireImage/Getty ImagesZhou: 3.1 Phillip Lim was founded on the idea of ‘why not?’Phillip and I were both 31-years-old. Does 3.1 Phillip Lim have that roadmap right now, or is the ‘second act’ still being written?

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☆ Striking unions impacting the economy at a level not seen in decades
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowThe auto workers' strike is the latest in a series of labor-management conflicts that economists say could start having significant growth impacts if they persist. So far, the United Auto Workers stoppage has impacted just a small portion of the workforce with limited implications for the broader economy. United Auto Workers (UAW) members on a picket line outside the Stellantis NV Toledo Assembly Complex in Toldeo, Ohio, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. August alone saw some 4.1 million labor hours lost this year, the most for a single month since August 2000, according to the Labor Department. Year to date, there have been 7.4 million hours lost, compared to just 636 hours total for the same period in 2022.

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☆ Lea Salonga on the groundbreaking representation of Broadway’s ‘Here Lies Love’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Ann Bindot | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Here Lies Love” arrives onto Broadway, though, at a moment of greatly increased visibility, representation and empowered Filipino identity. Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images“Here Lies Love” is an immersive experience that invites show-goers to the dancefloor, literally, imbuing the proceedings with a fun, nightclub-meets-karaoke vibe. That’s what I remember.”When the Marcoses fled to Hawaii in 1986, having been granted asylum by the United States, Salonga was celebrating her 15th birthday in Manila. The cast of "Here Lies Love" performing onstage. Watching “Here Lies Love” over two decades later, the emotion returned, packing an even stronger punch.

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☆ Harry and Meghan: Spotify executive Bill Simmons calls the Sussexes 'grifters'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Spotify executive and popular podcaster Bill Simmons has hit out at Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, labeling them “grifters,” after their multi-year partnership with Spotify ended on Friday. “I wish I had been involved in the ‘Meghan and Harry leave Spotify’ negotiation,” Simmons said on his self-titled podcast Friday. I have got to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea. John Nacion Imaging/ShutterstockCNN has reached out to both Archewell and Spotify for comment on Simmons’ remarks. Simmons previously criticized Harry in a January 2023 episode of his podcast, saying that he was “so embarrassed” to share Spotify with him.

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House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., will introduce a bill Friday aimed at improving access to abortion services, as well as accurate information on the procedure, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, NBC News has learned. The Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2022 is the latest effort by Democrats to address the fallout from the Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion, which has since spurred multiple states to limit or outright ban the procedure. The bill would direct HHS to set up a national campaign to promote resources on where and how to obtain abortion care, medication abortion, and a patient’s right to travel across state lines to get the procedure. John Nacion / STAR MAX/IPx via AP fileA large coalition of reproductive health groups — including the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and more — will endorse Maloney’s bill. Karen Stone, Planned Parenthood Federation of America vice president of public policy and government relations, echoed the need to expand access to educational resources on reproductive health care.

☆ Millions at risk of losing health insurance if U.S. ends Covid public health emergency in January
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

The Health and Human Services Department will give the public 60 days notice before lifting the public health emergency, Becerra said. The health emergency also allowed millions of people to receive increased food benefits through the federal government's nutrition program. When the public health emergency does end, HHS estimates up to 15 million people will be disenrolled from Medicare and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Millions to lose Medicaid coverageThe most dramatic impact from ending the public health emergency will fall on people enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Trump administration Health Secretary Alex Azar activated the FDA's emergency authorization powers in March 2020, about two months after first declaring the public health emergency.

☆ Jim Koch used 2 strategies when creating Samuel Adams 38 years ago. Here's what other entrepreneurs can learn from the $4 billion company's founder.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jim Koch founded the Boston Beer Company, the maker of Samuel Adams, in 1984. The bottle is a Samuel Adams, a mainstay on shelves alongside American beer brands like Budweiser and Miller. The Boston Beer Company, which he founded in 1984, now owns Angry Orchard, Truly Hard Seltzer, and Twisted Tea. The billionaire founder and brewmaster said the strategies that made him successful 38 years ago are the same ones that continue to improve Samuel Adams beer today. "In my mind, there is a perfect Sam Adams Boston Lager.

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